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By Yik Lam and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel...

German prosecutors say Islamist background for Wuerzburg attack is likely

BERLIN (Reuters) - A knife attack in the German town of Wuerzburg that killed three people and seriously injured seven...

Google takes down maps targeting hundreds of Thais accused of opposing king

By Fanny Potkin and Panu Wongcha-um SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) -Google took down two Google Maps documents on Monday that had listed...

India’s richest state gears up to protect children from looming third wave of COVID-19

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Neha Arora MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's western state of Maharashtra is training thousands of health workers in...

‘Despicable’: UK’s chief medical adviser harassed

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday condemned the "despicable" harassment of the government's top medical adviser,...

China says Japanese official calling Taiwan a ‘country’ is serious violation

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the recent characterisation of Taiwan as a "country" by a...

Russia tests Crimean air defence systems as Ukraine, U.S. hold Black Sea drills

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia tested the readiness of its air defence systems in Crimea, the peninsula it annexed from Ukraine...

Record heat forces western Canada province to shut schools, universities

By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - British Columbia closed schools and universities on Monday due to extreme heat which pushed...

Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as COVID surges -minister

By Tom Allard and Kate Lamb JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government will wait until COVID-19 cases fall significantly before opening...

Philippines extends coronavirus curbs until mid-July

MANILA (Reuters) - President Rodrigo Duterte has prolonged restrictions on movement and businesses in the Philippine capital and nearby provinces...

Australia deputy leader fined for not wearing mask in breach of COVID-19 rules

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's deputy prime minister was fined for failing to wear a mask in a service station in...

U.S. House Republicans oppose Democratic-led China bill

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on Monday they opposed Democratic-led...

Tigray’s former rulers back in Mekelle, Ethiopian government declares ceasefire

By Giulia Paravicini, Katharine Houreld and Dawit Endeshaw AMBA GIORGIS, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray region...

Haiti moves constitutional referendum to September

By Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti will hold a constitutional referendum on Sept. 26, the same date as presidential...

Mexican authorities find 2-year-old boy abandoned near migrant truck

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Monday found a boy thought to be about 2 years old alone near...

New Zealand to partially restart ‘travel bubble’ with Australia

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The New Zealand government said it will resume quarantine-free travel with parts of Australia next week as...

China’s ruling party censors its past as centenary nears

By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At the house where Mao Zedong and 12 others met 100 years ago to...

U.N. peacekeeping missions prepare for possible shutdown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeeping missions globally are preparing for a possible shutdown on Thursday if the 193-member...

U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias